Latex Overlay as Mattress
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 20:11
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Tim Owen
Have a Troopy Poptop Camper, sleep in the roof, mattress lives up there flat all the time. Have strict height limitations, and need to be able to cut some indentations into the side of the 'mattress' to accomodate mechanisms to tie down poptop.
Am thinking about getting a 100mm Latex overlay to replace existing 'crappy' foam. See https:// Site Link - perhaps combined with a 'egg
shell' type lower density overlay.
Anyone had any experience with latex overlays of this kind as a mattress? Any
feedback? Anyone know of other suppliers of latex overlays like this?
Reply By: Jimbo Vic - Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 21:15
Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 21:15
I've heard it is sensational, but very expensive
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Reply By: Member Boroma 604 - Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 21:49
Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 21:49
Gooday,
Have a dense 6inch foam mattress in our Caravan with a 2inch Latex overlay, is beautiful.
We have an 8inch pure Latex at
home, The Best.
Some think it is expensive, but consider this YOU SPEND APPROX ONE THIRD OF YOUR LIFE IN BED!!!!. Should not shortcut on your bed or your footwear for the sake of your health.
The 2inch overlay cost us approx $400-00 three years ago. Make sure you get it from a reputable supplier, if you are in Bne I can give you one there.
Cheers,
Boroma604.
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Follow Up By: Tim Owen - Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 22:23
Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007 at 22:23
Hi Boroma604,
Thanks for your reply. The quote for the 100mm overlay (4 inch) was $575 delivered. Their 2 inch cost $310. It seems like a lot of money, but we are about to head off for 3 months touring, and I can't bear the thought of 100 nights on the current set-up.
I'm not going to find a local supplier in my part of the world (other than Clark Rubber - but I suspect I'm better dealing with a specialist supplier) - so I'd be pleased to to receive your recommendation regarding a
Brisbane supplier - I'm sure delivery can be arranged. BTW were you suggesting that AFE are not reputable?
Thanks for sharing your experience with these overlays.
Tim
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Follow Up By: Tim Owen - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 19:27
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 19:27
Just for interest, I priced latex overlays at Clark Rubber today. 50mm queen size was $449 - with a thin cotton cover. 25mm was $199. On that basis the quote received seems reasonable.
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Reply By: Member Boroma 604 - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 00:33
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 00:33
Gooday,
The supplier you list does not give location.
The people we used is Latex Mattress Foam Centre 560 Boundary Road Archerfield
Brisbane 4108, Phone (07) 3277-8672.
When we bouhght ours approx 90% 0f their business was to Medical Industry, Hospitals Etc.
Not saying the bloke you mentioned is no good.
However as we spend a third of our life in bed it does not pay to skimp on good mattress & comfortable footware for health reasons.
A few $ spent on phone calls can be money
well spent before making major purchases.
Cheers,
Boroma604.
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Reply By: Ian from Thermoguard Instruments - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:12
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:12
Hi Tim,
Agree with the comments on how good latex mattresses are but be aware, latex is HEAVY! You might like to get an accurate weight from the supplier before you buy and consider whether you want to add that much up weight high in the Troopy pop-top.
Another possibility is a custom-made inner-spring mattress. If
well made they are very comfy and not too heavy.
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Reply By: hoffy - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:22
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:22
Recently went through the same exercise with our van, and settled on a memory foam overlay on top of a poor innerspring mattress.
Very comfortable; cost was $290 from Clark Rubber. There are differnt densities available and they were happy to demonstrate them in store, so we could choose the best one for our need. We settled on a 50mm thickness.
Weight is minimal and can be easily folded for storage.
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Reply By: kev.h - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 16:20
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 16:20
Try- www.madetomeasuremattresses.com.au - saw them at the
Brisbane caravan show havent had any dealings with them so dont know what they are like, they had latex and innerspring
Kev
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Reply By: Axel [ the real one ] - Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 16:55
Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 16:55
Two things to be aware of with latex , weight and allergies , and the biggy is allergy , more and more of the
population is latex intolerant so before spending the big bucks on a mattress be sure that you do not fall into the "no Latex" category.
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